# 1921 Liverpool City Council election

Elections to Liverpool City Council were held on 1 November 1921.
One third of the council seats were up for election. The term of office for each councillor being three years.
Eight of the 37 seats up for election were uncontested.
After the election, the composition of the council was:
| Party | Councillors | ± | Aldermen | Total |
| Conservative | 57 | +4 | 24 | 83 |
| Irish Nationalists | 20 | +3 | 2 | 22 |
| Labour | 12 | -6 | 2 | 14 |
| Coalition Liberal | 11 | +1 | 3 | 14 |
| Liberal | 5 | -3 | 4 | 9 |
| Independent | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| Protestant | 1 | +1 | 0 | 1 |

## Election result

Liverpool Local Election Result 1921 :
| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes |
| Conservative | 20 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 54% | 43% | 51,639 |
| Irish Nationalist | 6 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 16% | 7.8% | 9,375 |
| National Liberal | 4 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 11% | 8% | 9,607 |
| Liberal | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 8% | 8% | 9,582 |
| Labour | 2 | 0 | 4 | -4 | 5% | 27% | 32,927 |
| Protestant | 1 | 1 | 0 | +1 | 3% | 2.5% | 3,008 |
| Middle Class Union | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.8% | 2,168 |
| Communist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 1,274 |
| Anti-Waste League | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 1.1% | 518 |
| Independent | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0% | 0.24% | 283 |

## Ward results

* - Retiring Councillor seeking re-election

### Abercromby

No. 9 Abercromby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | William Thomas Roberts | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Aigburth

No. 17 Aigburth :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Ritchie | 1,955 | 67% |
| | Middle Class Union | William James Austin | 974 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 981 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,612 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,929 | 64% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Anfield

No. 29 Anfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Liberal | Wilfred Bowring Stoddart * | 1,950 | 41% |
| | Conservative | Albert Morrow | 1,927 | 41% |
| | Labour | Mrs. Julia Gertrude Taylor | 870 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 23 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,246 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,747 | 51% |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Breckfield

No. 30 Breckfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Henry Burton | 3,811 | 75% |
| | Labour | William Smith | 1,281 | 25% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,530 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,624 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,092 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Brunswick

No. 11 Brunswick :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | Luke Hogan | 2,171 | 59% |
| | Conservative | Ernest Edward Jacks | 1,503 | 41% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 668 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,576 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,674 | 48% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### Castle Street

No. 7 Castle Street :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Richard George Hough | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Childwall

No. 38 Childwall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Herbert John Davis * | 479 | 69% | |
| | Labour | John Mouat Robertson | 214 | 31% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 265 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 952 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 693 | 73% | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Dingle

No. 12 Dingle :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | William Pemberton Coslett | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Edge Hill

No. 18 Edge Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | James Jude | 3,364 | 52% |
| | Labour | Robert Tissyman | 3,055 | 48% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 309 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,652 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,419 | 55% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Everton

No. 21 Everton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Liberal | Thomas Dugdale Stubbs | 2,947 | 54% |
| | Labour | John Henry Naylor * | 2,535 | 46% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 412 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 11,768 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,482 | 47% |
| | National Liberal gain from Labour | National Liberal gain from Labour | Swing | |

### Exchange

No. 5 Exchange :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Quinn | 948 | 53% | |
| | Liberal | Charles Sydney Jones * | 840 | 47% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 108 | 6% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,664 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,788 | 67% | |
| | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Irish Nationalist gain from Liberal | Swing | | |

### Fairfield

No. 31 Fairfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Thomas Dowd | 2,566 | 55% |
| | Liberal | George Edward Travis | 2,127 | 45% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 439 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,140 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,693 | 51% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Fazakerley

No. 27 Fazakerley :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | George Herbert Charters | 901 | 64% | |
| | Labour | Robert Watson | 498 | 36% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 403 | | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 2,411 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,399 | 58% | |
| | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) | Conservative win (new seat) |

### Garston

No. 37 Garston :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Atkin | 2,082 | 58% |
| | Labour | William Henry Paulson | 1,525 | 42% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 557 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,318 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,607 | 68% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Granby

No. 14 Granby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | | James Waterworth | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | | | Swing |

### Great George

No. 10 Great George :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas Joseph Marner | 1,299 | 57% |
| | Liberal | William Henry Broad | 703 | 31% |
| | Independent | George Henry Bennett | 283 | 12% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 596 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 4,006 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,285 | 57% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Kensington

No. 19 Kensington :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Gordon | 3,512 | 64% |
| | Labour | Joseph Mooney | 1,955 | 36% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,557 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,492 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,467 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Kirkdale

No. 24 Kirkdale :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Lucas Rankin | 4,577 | 71% |
| | Labour | Frederick Jones | 1,855 | 29% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,722 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 14,363 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 6,432 | 45% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Low Hill

No. 20 Low Hill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Alfred Gaskell Alsop | 2,876 | 57% | |
| | Labour | George Nelson * | 2,126 | 43% | |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 750 | 14% | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,695 | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,002 | 52% | |
| | Conservative gain from Labour | Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | | |

### Much Woolton

No. 36 Much Woolton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Liberal | Robert Gladstone | 776 | 62% |
| | Labour | Charles Jabez Edwards | 475 | 38% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 301 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 1,600 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,251 | 78% |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Netherfield

No. 22 Netherfield :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Harold Edward Davies * | 3,696 | 86% |
| | Labour | Vincent Lloyd | 598 | 14% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,098 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,615 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,294 | 40% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### North Scotland

No. 2 North Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | James Bolger * | 3,634 | 98% |
| | Liberal | Walter Henry Davies | 85 | 2% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 3,549 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,379 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,719 | 50% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Old Swan

No. 32 Old Swan :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Edwards * | 3,598 | 69% |
| | Labour | William John Daniel | 1,619 | 31% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,979 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,866 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 5,217 | 48% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Prince's Park

No. 13 Prince's Park :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Conservative | Miss Margaret Beavan * | Unopposed | N/A | N/A |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Conservative hold |

### Sandhills

No. 1 Sandhills :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | John Cunningham * | 2,181 | 78% |
| | Liberal | Joseph Edward Freeman | 600 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,581 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,603 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,781 | 32% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### St. Anne's

No. 6 St. Anne's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Labour | James Sexton * | 1,685 | 57% |
| | Communist | John Neild | 1,274 | 43% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 411 | 14% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 7,013 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,959 | 42% |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | |

### St. Domingo

No. 23 St. Domingo :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Protestant | Albert Clayton | 3,008 | 70% |
| | Labour | Charles Wilson * | 1,277 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,731 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,431 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,285 | 41% |
| | Protestant gain from Labour | Protestant gain from Labour | Swing | |

### St. Peter's

No. 8 St. Peter's :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Liberal | Burton William Eills | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Liberal hold | Liberal hold | Swing |

### Sefton Park East

No. 15 Sefton Park East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | George Edward Holme | 2,170 | 48% |
| | Liberal | Miss Jessie Jardine Beavan | 1,671 | 37% |
| | Middle Class Union | William Thomas Oversby | 696 | 15% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 499 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,569 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,537 | 53% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### Sefton Park West

No. 16 Sefton Park West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Miss Mabel Fletcher * | 1,825 | 64% |
| | Anti-Waste League | Mrs. Emma Louisa Scaiff | 518 | 18% |
| | Middle Class Union | Amys Benjamin Harper | 498 | 18% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,307 | 46% |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 5,809 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,841 | 49% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### South Scotland

No. 3 South Scotland :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Patrick Jeremiah Kelly | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### Vauxhall

No. 4 Vauxhall :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Irish Nationalist | Joseph Belger | 1,313 | 92% |
| | Liberal | Albert Maccabe | 115 | 8% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,198 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 3,530 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 1,428 | 40% |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing | |

### Walton

No. 25 Walton :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | James Conrad Cross | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing |

### Warbreck

No. 26 Warbreck :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Liberal | Edward West | 3,811 | 78% |
| | Labour | John Henry Mawdesley | 1,082 | 22% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,729 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 10,746 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,893 | 46% |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree

No. 34 Wavertree :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | National Liberal | John Morris Griffith | 2,073 | 43% |
| | Liberal | Hugh Frame | 1,491 | 31% |
| | Labour | George Henry Boothman | 1,265 | 26% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 582 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,600 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,829 | 50% |
| | National Liberal hold | National Liberal hold | Swing | |

### Wavertree West

No. 33 Wavertree West :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Sidney Stanley Dawson | 2,967 | 67% |
| | Labour | Charles Matthew Belk | 1,470 | 33% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,497 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 8,213 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,437 | 54% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### West Derby

No. 28 West Derby :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William James Bailes * | 3,468 | 72% |
| | Labour | Charles Henry Taunton | 1,327 | 28% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,141 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | 9,282 | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 4,795 | 52% |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

## Aldermanic Elections
### Aldermanic Election 7 December 1921

Caused by the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) on 27 October 1921, in whose place Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 was elected by the Council as an alderman on 7 December 1921.
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Thomas Burke JP | No. 4 Vauxhall | 1926 |

### Aldermanic Elections 1 February 1922

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) on 26 October 1921, in whose place Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921) was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | | Robert Lowry Burns | No. 32 Old Swan | 1926 |
Vacancy caused by the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913) on 31 December 1921, in whose place Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919, Pharmacist of 2 Ullet Road, Liverpool, was elected by the Council as an alderman on 1 February 1922
| Party | Party | Alderman | Ward | Term expires |
| | Conservative | Robert Charles Herman | No. 33 Wavertree West | 1923 |

### Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Edward Hatton Cookson (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913) on 26 March 1922.

### Aldermanic Election

Caused by the death of Alderman Richard Dart (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913 ) on 9 May 1922.

## By-elections
### No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922

Caused by the election by the Council as an alderman of Councillor Thomas Burke JP (Irish Nationalist, Vauxhall, last elected as a councillor on 1 November 1919 on 7 December 1921 , following the death of Alderman George Jeremy Lynskey (Irish Nationalist, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920 ) on 27 October 1921.
No. 4 Vauxhall 5 January 1922 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Irish Nationalist | Thomas Arthur Murphy | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Irish Nationalist hold | Irish Nationalist hold | Swing |

### No. 13 Princes Park 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman by the Council of Councillor Robert Lowry Burns (Party?, Princes Park, last elected as a councillor 14 March 1921) on 1 February 1922, following the death of Alderman Edward James Chevalier JP (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1920) on 26 October 1921
No. 13 Prince's Park 14 February 1922 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes |
| | Conservative | Alfred Wood | unopposed |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | |
| | Conservative gain from | Conservative gain from | Swing |

### No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922

Caused by the election as an alderman of Councillor Robert Charles Herman (Conservative, Warbreck, last elected as a councillor 1 November 1919 on 1 February 1922, following the death of Alderman Simon Jude (Conservative, last elected as an alderman on 9 November 1913) on 31 December 1921.
No. 26 Warbreck 14 February 1922 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | John Bartholomew Herman | 1,905 | 76% |
| | | John Williams | 596 | 34% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,309 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,501 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor Peter Gill (Conservative, Wavertree, elected 1 November 1919) on 8 February 1922
No. 34 Wavertree 4 April 1922 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | Arthur Angers | 1,785 | 68% |
| | Labour | George Boothman | 846 | 32% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 938 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 2,631 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |

### No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922

Caused by the death of Councillor William James Bailes (Conservative, West Derby, elected 1 November 1921) on 22 February 1922
No. 28 West Derby 4 April 1922 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % |
| | Conservative | William John Lunt Cross | 2,185 | 70% |
| | Labour | Charles Henry Taunton | 952 | 30% |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,233 | |
| Registered electors | Registered electors | Registered electors | | |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 3,137 | |
| | Conservative hold | Conservative hold | Swing | |